Welcome
to
the Poetry
and
Teaching
of
Kim Falone

From Opening Again

These are the moments
Of my greatest opening
I open like a vowel
Like a hand
Like the toothless yawn
Of a sleepy infant

I open like the arms of a mother
Reunited with her lost child
Open like a yellow daffodil
Unleashed by spring
I open like the face
Of one who has just engaged
In a surprisingly true
Wholly unexpected
Kiss